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The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer

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'The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer' is a 1984 British surreal short stop-motion film by the Quay Brothers, an homage to the influential short film maker Jan vankmajer.

Summary



It is structured as a series of little lessons on perception [https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B01MF6ZRTW Amazon.com] at Prague[https://mubi.com/films/the-cabinet-of-jan-svankmajer MUBI] in a form of a puppet simulacrum of Svankmajer, whose head is an opened book, to a doll whose head the masters empties of dross and refills with a similar open book.[https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/cabinetofjansvankmajer Zeitgeist Films]

Availability



Available as part of the Phantom Museums DVD collection of Quay Brothers shorts.[https://www.kinolorber.com/film/view/id/2823 Kino Lorber International]

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